Specialized Dockets

Specialized Dockets provide interventions to reduce incarceration and specialize in areas such as substance abuse and mental health or special populations like veterans. The specialty courts provide treatment alternatives to incarceration that address the underlying issues directly and, as a result, produce better outcomes for the participants. Our researchers are instrumental in working with county and municipal courts to determine the effectiveness of these programs and increase these alternatives to incarceration.

Drug

The Begun Center serves as a research and evaluation partner to various county and municipal with specialty drug court dockets. We research whether diverting those addicted to substances to specialty court dockets improves outcomes.

Mental Health

The Begun Center serves as a research and evaluation partner to various county and municipal courts with mental health specialty dockets. We research whether diverting those with mental health diagnoses to specialty court dockets improves outcomes.

Cuyahoga County Drug Court: Mental Health

Juvenile

The Begun Center serves as a research and evaluation partner to various county and municipal courts with juvenile drug court specialty dockets. We research whether diverting juveniles addicted to substances to specialty court dockets improves outcomes.

Montgomery County Juvenile Drug Court

Cuyahoga County Juvenile Drug Court

Veterans

The Begun Center serves as a research and evaluation partner to various county and municipal courts with specialty dockets for veterans of our armed forces. We research whether supporting this special population and diverting them to specialty court dockets improves outcomes.